Red Rector

William Eugene Rector, *15-12-1929 Marshall, NC, +31-05-1990 Knoxville, TN

2nd version

by Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti,Wolf Ruediger Sommer, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS see also Bill Clifton, Carl Story, J. E. Mainer, Wade Mainer, Johnny and Jack, Reno and Smiley, Hylo Brown
1969 Nashville, TN - Red  and Fred  (Red Rector [vcl/mandolin], Fred Smith [vcl/gt], Bill Chambers [banjo], Kenny Baker [fiddle]. Producer: Charles Faurot)
001 ONE LITTLE WORD County 721
002 FOGGY VALLEY County 721
003 GATHERING FLOWERS FROM THE HILLSIDE County 721
004 THIS IS THE END County 721
005 COTTON EYED JOE County 721
006 ARE THERE TEARS BEHIND YOUR SMILE County 721
007 MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE County 721
008 BLUE TOMORROW County 721
009 STONEY FORK County 721
010 BEFORE I MET YOU County 721
011 INDIAN WARRIOR County 721
012 I'LL NEVER LET YOU WORRY MY MIND ANYMORE County 721
1970 unknown - Red Rector
013 DR. ZHIVAGO Syntar S-152
014 FADED LOVE Syntar S-152
Summer 1973 unknown - Red Rector and Doug Green, Vic Jordan and the Buck White Family (Red Rector [ld vcl/mandolin/hmny vcl], Buck White [ld gt/mandolin-2], Doyg Green [baritone vcl/rh gt], Vic Jordan [banjo], Cheryl White [high baritone vcl-1/bass]

015 PUT ME IN YOUR PACKET Old Homestead OHS-90023
016 TRAGIC ROMANCE Old Homestead OHS-90023
017 HOW ABOUT YOU Old Homestead OHS-90023
018 SHOUT AND SHINE -1 Old Homestead OHS-90023
019 DON'T SAY GOODBYE IF YOU LOVE ME Old Homestead OHS-90023

020 SWEET ALLALEE Old Homestead OHS-90023
021 JUST OVER IN THE GLORYLAND -1 Old Homestead OHS-90023
022 CRAZY MARY Old Homestead OHS-90023
023 WHISTLING RUFUS Old Homestead OHS-90023
024 RUBBER DOLL (RAG) Old Homestead OHS-90023
025 PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE -2 Old Homestead OHS-90023
026 FLOP EARED MULE -2 Old Homestead OHS-90023
027 REDWING Old Homestead OHS-90023
028 DOMINIQUE Old Homestead OHS-90023
Summer 1974 Old Time Pickin Parlor, Nashville, TN - Red Rector with friends (Red Rector [vcl/mandolin], Buck White [gt], Jack Hicks [banjo],  Cheryl White [bass], Vassar Clements [fiddle])
029 APPALOOSA Old Homestead OHS-90044
030 GREAT MIAMI STORM Old Homestead OHS-90044
031 ST. ANN'S REEL Old Homestead OHS-90044
032 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM Old Homestead OHS-90044
033 SNOW SHOES Old Homestead OHS-90044
034 HOMINY CREEK Old Homestead OHS-90044
035 RED HAIRED BOY Old Homestead OHS-90044
036 SOMEWHERE MY LOVE Old Homestead OHS-90044
037 TENNESSEE WAGGONER Old Homestead OHS-90044
038 MAPLE SUGAR Old Homestead OHS-90044
039 EAST TENNESSEE BLUES Old Homestead OHS-90044
040 WHEN THEY RING THE GOLDEN BELLS Old Homestead OHS-90044
7-8 March 1976 Peter Wehrspann Tonstudio, Schellerten, GER - Bill Clifton and Red Rector (Red Rector [vcl/mandolin], Bill Clifton [vcl/gt], Jean-Blaise Rochat [banjo/gt/vcl])
041 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE WAM 69024 Bear Family BF-15013 BCD 16425
042 ASHDOWN WALTZ WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
043 DIXIE CANNONBALL WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
044 DOWN IN MY OLD CABIN HOME WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
045 FOURTEEN DAYS IN GEORGIA WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
046 IT TAKES A LONG TALL BROWN SKIN GAL TO MAKE A PREACHER LAY HIS BIBLE DOWN WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
047 KEEP THAT WHEEL A-TURNING WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
048 ON THE SEA OF GALILEE WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
049 SHE HAS FORGOTTEN BF-15013 BCD 16425
050 SUGARTREE STOMP 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
051 TALL PINES WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
052 OLD MAN'S STORY WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
053 THERE'S NO OTHER LOVE FOR ME WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
054 SPIRIT OF LOVE WATCHES ME WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
055 VALLEY OF PEACE WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
056 YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
March 1976 [live] Coventry, UK - Bill Clifton and Red Rector
05601 SWEET ALLALEE Elf CD-104
05602 ONE LITTLE WORD Elf CD-104
05603 MCKINLEY'S MARCH Elf CD-104
05604 PLANT SOME FLOWERS BY MY GRAVESIDE Elf CD-104
05605 DON'T SAY 'GOOD-BYE' IF YOU LOVE ME Elf CD-104
05606 I'LL NEVER LET YOU WORRY MY MIND ANYMORE Elf CD-104
05607 FOURTEEN DAYS IN GEORGIA Elf CD-104
05608 REMEMBER ME Elf CD-104
05609 SHE'S MY CURLEY-HEADED BABY Elf CD-104
05610 WHEN I STOP DREAMING Elf CD-104
05611 I'LL BE TRUE WHILE YOU'RE GONE Elf CD-104
05612 YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND Elf CD-104
05613 SILENCE OR TEARS Elf CD-104
05614 DOMINIQUE Elf CD-104
05615 WILL THERE BE ANY STARS IN MY CROWN Elf CD-104
05616 WHEN THE SPRINGTIME COMES AGAIN, LITTLE ANNIE Elf CD-104
05617 WON'T IT BE WONDERFUL THERE Elf CD-104
05618 LOVE AND WEALTH Elf CD-104
05619 BILE THEM CABBAGE DOWN Elf CD-104
05620 GATHERING UP THE SHELLS FROM THE SEASHORE Elf CD-104
05621 LITTLE WHITE-WASHED CHIMNEY Elf CD-104
05622 SOMEWHERE MY LOVE Elf CD-104
Summer 1976 poss. Nashville, TN - Red Rector and Norman Blake (Norman Blake [gt], Red Rector [mandolin], Charlie Collins [gt], Roy Huskey, Jr. [bass]. Producer: David Freeman)

057 THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME County 755
058 DENVER BELLE County 755
059 LORENA County 755
060 OLD SPINNING WHEEL County 755
061 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER County 755
062 RED WING County 755
063 CRICKET ON THE HEARTH County 755
064 LIMEHOUSE BLUES County 755
065 GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER County 755
066 FREIGHT TRAIN County 755
067 DARLING NELLIE ACROSS THE SEA County 755
068 DARLIN' HONEY County 755

15-16 June 1975 KA Studio, Roanoke, VA – Bill Clifton and Red Rector (Bill Clifron úvcl-gt), Red Rector [vcl/mandolin], Billy Edwards [banjo], John Palmer [bass], Tater Tate [fiddle]. Producer: Dave Freeman)
069 HAPPY DAYS Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
070 I'LL BE TRUE WHILE YOU'RE GONE Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
071 I WONDER IF YOU FEEL THE WAY I DO Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
072 LOVE AND WEALTH Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
073 PLANT SOME FLOWERS BY MY GRAVESIDE Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
074 REMEMBER ME Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
075 SHAME ON YOU Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
076 SILENCE AND TEARS Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
077 WILL THERE BE ANY STARS IN MY CROWN Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
078 WHEN THE SPRINGTIME COMES AGAIN Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
079 WE PARTED BY THE RIVERSIDE Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
080 WON'T IT BE WONDERFUL THERE Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425

1977 Thunderhead Sound Studios, 112 17th St., Knoxville, TN – Footloose featuring Steve Kaufman, special guest Red Rector (Steve Kaufman [ld vcl/gt], Red Rector [mandolin], Dan Holman [ld vcl/rh gt], Leesa Nanney [bass/hmny vcl])
081 ALABAMA JUBILEE Thunderhead TH 1003
082 GREY EAGLE Thunderhead TH 1003
083 I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS Thunderhead TH 1003
084 BEAUMONT RAG Thunderhead TH 1003
085 BYE BYE BLUES Thunderhead TH 1003
086 SCOTLAND THE BRAVE Thunderhead TH 1003
087 FADED SAN ANTONE Thunderhead TH 1003
088 RAGTIME ANNIE Thunderhead TH 1003
089 CLARINET POLKA Thunderhead TH 1003
090 RESIGN YOURSELF Thunderhead TH 1003
Summer [live] Down Yonder Saloon, Maryville, TN - Steve Kaufman and Red Rector
09001 DOWN YONDER Thunderhead TH 1003
17 February 1978 Oak Valley Studios, 105 Oak Valley Drive, Nashville, TN - Red Rector  and friends (Red Rector [mandolin], Charlie Collins [gt],Vic Jordan [banjo], Gene Wooten [dobro-1], Josh Graves [dobro-2], Doug Green [bass], Kenny Baker [fiddle-3], Tater Tate [fiddle-4]. Producer: Paul Gerry)

091 CROSSING THE MOORS Revonah RS-931
092 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN -2-4 Revonah RS-931
093 ROSES OF PICCARDY -2 Revonah RS-931
094 ARE THERE TEARS BEHIND YOUR SMILE -2-4 Revonah RS-931
095 TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR -3 Revonah RS-931
096 GOSPEL SHIP Revonah RS-931
097 SALZBURG STOMP -2-4 Revonah RS-931
098 I'LL NEVER LET YOU WORRY MY MIND ANYMORE -1-3 Revonah RS-931
099 SOMEBODY LOVES YOU DARLING -1-3 Revonah RS-931
100 WHISTLING RUFUS -4 Revonah RS-931
101 OUR HOME WILL BE LONESOME TONIGHT -1-3 Revonah RS-931
102 DOWN WHERE THE WATERMELONS GROW -2-4 Revonah RS-931

12 November 1979 [live] unknown, NED – A. G. and Kate, Red Rector and Don Stover (A. G.  [vcl/gt],  Kate [vcl/gt], Don Stover [vcl/bj], Red Rector [vcl/mandolin])

10201 THINGS IN LIFE Strictly Country SCR 2

10202 DIALOGUE Strictly Country SCR 2 

10203 THE OLD COUNTRY PREACHER Strictly Country SCR 2

10204 DIALOGUE Strictly Country SCR 2 

10205 SUNBONNET MOTHER Strictly Country SCR 2

10206 IF YOU SEE MY SAVIOR Strictly Country SCR 2 

10207 I AM A PILGRIM Strictly Country SCR 2

10208 SOMEBODY LOVES YOU DARLING Strictly Country SCR 2

10209  LONG CHAIN CHARLIE AND MOUNDSVILLE Strictly Country SCR 2 

10210 HIGH IN THE FIELDS Strictly Country SCR 2

10211 DIALOGUE Strictly Country SCR 2 

10212 I'LL NEVER LET YOU WORRY MY MIND ANYMORE Strictly Country SCR 2

10213 DIALOGUE Strictly Country SCR 2 

10214 DAMN GOOD FRIENDS Strictly Country SCR 2

9 February, 1 March 1980 WES Sound Recording Studio, Asheville, NC - Red Rector (Red Rector [ld vcl/mandolin], Marty Lewis [gt], Tim Chandler [dobro], Tom McKinne [vcl/banjo], Bud Davis [bass], Paul Crouch/ Tater Tate [fiddle]. Producer: Paul Gerry)

103 BIRDIE BIRDIE Revonah RS-935
104 STUCK UP BLUES Revonah RS-935
105 FADED LOVE Revonah RS-935
106 WINDOW UP ABOVE Revonah RS-935
107 OLD COUNTRY CHURCH Revonah RS-935
108 BLUE TOMORROW Revonah RS-935
109 HOPIN JOHN Revonah RS-935
110 LITTLE CABIN HOME Revonah RS-935
111 MADISON COUNTY Revonah RS-935
112 PUT ME IN YOUR POCKET Revonah RS-935
113 DON'T SAY GOODBYE IF YOU LOVE ME Revonah RS-935
114 LORD LEAD ME ON Revonah RS-935
18 July 1983 Butterside Studio, Asheville, NC – Red Rector and Jethro Burns (Jethro Burns [mandolin/gt-1], Red Rector [mandolin/gt-2], Buck Peacock [gt], Bob White [bass])
115 RAINBOW Rebel REB-1626
116 CIELITO LINDO Rebel REB-1626
117 BACK HOME IN INDIANA Rebel REB-1626
118 WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM Rebel REB-1626
119 FISHER'S HORNPIPE Rebel REB-1626
120 DOWN YONDER Rebel REB-1626
121 CEPT OLD BILL Rebel REB-1626
122 I DON'T LOVE NOBODY Rebel REB-1626
123 LIMEHOUSE BLUES Rebel REB-1626
124 ARKANSAS TRAVELER Rebel REB-1626
125 WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG MAGGIE Rebel REB-1626
126 LARA'S THEME Rebel REB-1626
127 FLOP EARED MULE Rebel REB-1626
21 February 1987 [live] Hotel Van Dijk, Klazinaveen, NED/ 1 March 1987 [live] Kostverloren, Kerkstraat 10, Hoorn, NED – Bill Clifton, Red Rector, Art Stamper (Bill Clifton [vcl/gt/ autoharp], Red Rector [vcl/mandolin], Art Stamper [vcl/fiddle])
12701 KITTY AND I SCR-90   
12702 BEFORE I MET YOU SCR-90   
12703 EAST TENNESSEE BLUES SCR-90   
12704 ARE YOU TIRED OF ME, MY DARLING SCR-90   
12705 SHE S MY CURLY-HEADED BABY SCR-90   
12706 TEA AT HALF-FIVE SCR-90  
12707 I‘LL BE TRUE WHILE YOURE GONE SCR-90   
12708 TALL PINES SCR-90   
12709 LARAS THEME  SCR-90  
12710 ARE YOU WASHED IN THE BLOOD SCR-90   
12711 SOMEBODY IS WAITING FOR YOU SCR-90  
12712 FIDDLE TUNE MEDLEY SCR-90   
12713 MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE SCR-90  
12714 A BEAUTIFUL LIFE SCR-90    
12715 MCKINLEYS MARCH SCR-90   
12716 THE HOUSE WHERE WE WERE WED SCR-90   
12717 WON'T IT BE WONDERFUL THERE SCR-90   
12718 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER SCR-90   
12719 I'M GONNA BLOW OUT THE LAMP IN THE WINDOW SCR-90   
12720 IN THE LAND WHERE WE NEVER GROW OLD SCR-90   
12721 AMAZING GRACE SCR-90  
12722 WHITE DOVE SCR-90

ALBUMS
County 721 Songs From The Heart Of The Country: One Little Word; Foggy Valley; Gathering Flowers From The Hillside; This Is The End; Cotton Eyed Joe; Are There Tears Behind Your Smile; More Pretty Girls Than One; Blue Tomorrow; Stoney Fork; Before I Met You; Indian Warrior; I'll Never Let You Worry My Mind Anymore - 69 w. Fred Smith as Red and Fred (CD reissue in 2000 on County CD-721)
Old Homestead OHS-90023 Red Rector/Ballads And Instrumentals: Put Me In Your Packet; Tragic Romance; How About You; Shout And Shine; Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me; Sweet Allalee; Just Over In The Gloryland; Crazy Mary; Whistling Rufus; Rubber Doll (Rag); Paddy On The Turnpike; Flop Eared Mule; Redwing; Dominique - 73 w.Doug Green, Vic Jordan and the Buck White Family
Old Homestead OHS-90044 Appaloosa: Appaloosa; Great Miami Storm; St. Ann's Reel; Blackberry Blossom; Snow Shoes; Hominy Creek; Red Haired Boy; Somewhere My Love; Tennessee Waggoner; Maple Sugar; East Tennessee Blues; When They Ring The Golden Bells - ca 10-75
Wam [GER] 69 024 Bill Clifton And Red Rector In Europe: Are You From Dixie; Down In My Old Cabin Home; Spirit Of Love Watches Over Me; Fourteen Days In Georgia; You Are My Best Friend; Dixie Cannonball; Keep That Wheel A-Turning; Valley Of Piece; It Takes A Long Tall Brown Skin Gal To Make/A Preacher Lay His Bible Down; Old Man's Story; Ashdown Waltz; On The Sea Of Galilee; There's No Other Love For Me; Tall Pines - 76 w. Bill Clifton (Reissued in 1977 on Bear Family BF-15013 Are You From Dixie with bonus songs: She Has Forgotten; Sugartree Stomp)

Breakdown [UK] 001 Another Happy Day: Silence And Tears; Plant Some Flowers By My Graveside; Happy Days; Love And Wealth; Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown; When The Springtime Comes Again; We Parted By The Riverside; I'll Be True While You're Gone; Shame On You; I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do; Remember Me; Won't It Be Wonderful There – 76 w. Bill Clifton (US issue on County 758 in 1976)
County 755 Norman Blake and Red Rector (Guitar And Mandolin): Girl I Left Behind Me; Denver Belle; Lorena; Old Spinning Wheel; Mississippi Sawyer; Red Wing; Cricket On The Hearth; Limehouse Blues; Green Leaves Of Summer; Freight Train; Darling Nellie Across The Sea; Darlin' Honey - ca 10-76 w. Norman Blake
Thunderhead TH-1003 Footloose featuring Steve Kaufman, 2nd place winner - 1977 Nat'l. Flat-Pickin' Championship, Winfield, KS: Alabama Jubilee:Grey Eagle; I Know What It Means; Beaumont Rag; Bye Bye Blues; Scotland The Brave; Faded San Antone; Ragtime Annie; Clarinet Polka; Resign Yourself; Down Yonder - 78
Revonah RS-931 Red Rector And Friends: Crossing The Moors; Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain; Roses Of Piccardy; Are There Tears Behind Your Smile; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star; Gospel Ship; Salzburg Stomp; I'll Never Let You Worry My Mind Anymore; Somebody Loves You Darling; Whistling Rufus; Our Home Will Be Lonesome Tonight; Down Where The Watermelons Grow - 78
Revonah RS-935 Back Home In Madison County: Birdie Birdie; Stuck Up Blues; Faded Love; Window Up Above; Old Country Church; Blue Tomorrow; Hopin John; Little Cabin Home; Madison County; Put Me In Your Pocket; Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me; Lord Lead Me On - 80
Rebel REB-1626 Old Friends: Rainbow; Cielito Lindo; Back Home In Indiana; When I Grow Too Old To Dream; Fisher's Hornpipe; Down Yonder; Cept Old Bill; I Don't Love Nobody; Limehouse Blues; Arkansas Traveler; When You And I Were Young Maggie; Lara's Theme; Flop Eared Mule - 83
Strictly Country [NED] SCR 2 Good Friends. Vol. 1: Things In Life;  Dialogue;  The Old Country Preacher;  Dialogue;  Sunbonnet Mother;  If You See My Savior;  I Am A Pilgrim;  Somebody Loves You Darling;  Long Chain Charlie And Moundsville;  High In The Fields;  Dialogue;  I'll Never Let You Worry My Mind Anymore;  Dialogue;  Damn Good Friends - 87 A.G. and Kate, with Don Stover and Red Rector

Old Homestead OHCS 4022 Rual, Red and Joe - Classic Bluegrass: East Bound Freight Train;  The Kind Of Love I Can't Forget;  Why Do You Weep; Dear Old Dixie; Dreaming Of A Little Cabin; Prison Walls Of Love; Amazing Grace; The Fall; Seven Year Blues;  Someone's Last Day;  Sleepy-Eyed Joe;  Way Upon The Mountain;  Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain;  Liberty;  There's A Power In The Blood;  Sally Goodwin;  The Soldier's Return;  Will You Wait For Me;  I'm Getting Ready;  The Little White Church - 01 Rual Yarbrough, Red Rector and Joe Stuart (recorded with other artists, not in sessionography)
Elf ELF CD-104 Alive!: Sweet Allalee; One Little Word; Mckinley's March; Plant Some Flowers By My Graveside; Don't Say 'Good-Bye' If You Love Me; I'll Never Let You Worry My Mind Anymore; Fourteen Days In Georgia; Remember Me; She's My Curley-Headed Baby; When I Stop Dreaming; I'll Be True While You're Gone; You're My Best Friend; Silence Or Tears; Dominique; Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown; When The Springtime Comes Again, Little Annie; Won't It Be Wonderful There; Love And Wealth; Bile Them Cabbage Down; Gathering Up The Shells From The Seashore; Little White-Washed Chimney; Somewhere My Love - 01 w. Bill Clifton

Strictly Country [NED] SCR-90 Live In Holland 1987: Kitty And I;  Before I Met You;  East Tennessee Blues;  Are You Tired Of Me, My Darling;  She S My Curly-Headed Baby;  Tea At Half-Five;  Ill Be True While Youre Gone;  Tall Pines;  Laras Theme ;  Are You Washed In The Blood;  Somebody Is Waiting For You;  Fiddle Tune Medley;  More Pretty Girls Than One;  A Beautiful Life;   Mckinleys March;  The House Where We Were Wed;  Won't It Be Wonderful There;  Mississippi Sawyer;  I'm Gonna Blow Out The Lamp In The Window;  In The Land Where We Never Grow Old;  Amazing Grace; White Dove - 25-02-23 Bill Clifton, Red Rector, Art Stamper

SINGLES
Syntar (1970)
152 Dr. Zhivago / Faded Love - 70